EPISODE · Aug 25, 2017 · 49 MIN
Starry-Eyed: A History of the Heavens
from BackStory · host BackStory
Why do we want to travel to the moon, to Mars, or beyond? We’re saluting this week’s total solar eclipse by looking at how Americans in the past have made sense of meteors, eclipses, and the stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why do we want to travel to the moon, to Mars, or beyond? We’re saluting this week’s total solar eclipse by looking at how Americans in the past have made sense of meteors, eclipses, and the stars.
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Starry-Eyed: A History of the Heavens
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